Conservatives need to quit hating on Tesla

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Also, I drove a Mach E today. First time driving an EV. It was different.

I want one in a light brown color so I can drive my own "Caramel Mach-E Auto"

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Aerovette

I want one in a light brown color so I can drive my own "Caramel Mach-E Auto"

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[Kevin68]

Originally Posted by LATB

Map is incorrect. FL state sales tax is 6%.

+ local sales tax add-ons + property tax.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Also, I drove a Mach E today.

Why?

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Kevin68

+ local sales tax add-ons + property tax.

I understand the local sales tax added, ours is 1%. But I do not know how property tax is calculated in that example.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

This is where these number get skewed. Median income is much higher in CA but that's where the story goes from good to bad.

Median household income via Google.

California - 78k

Arkansas - 49k

Average housing cost

California - 750k

Arkansas - 195k

Average Rent

California - 1,837

Arkansas - 637

If you're a median earner, its way better to be in one of the "poor" states. The poverty level in CA for a family of 4 is right at 6 figures.

That's true, but then you have to live in Arkansas

[sublime1996525]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Why?

My work has one. Used it to run to another site. Drove a whopping 6 miles. Wouldn't mind driving it a bit further and on the freeway.

[SurfnSun]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

That's true, but then you have to live in Arkansas

If you’re into the outdoors Arkansas is very good. Awesome hunting, fishing, and a diamond mine

Believe or not besides Florida, which is obviously best, Arkansas and Oklahoma are the best states I’ve lived in.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by SurfnSun

If you’re into the outdoors Arkansas is very good. Awesome hunting, fishing, and a diamond mine

Believe or not besides Florida, which is obviously best, Arkansas and Oklahoma are the best states I’ve lived in.

I lived in Oklahoma and i've been to Arkansas many times. If Arkansas was such a great place to live in they'd have more than 3 million people living there. People in Alaska can say the same thing. Alaska has the best fishing and hunting and beautiful mountains and some of the best seafood in America yet very few people want to live there.
The best place to live in is where you want to live not where you have to live.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

I lived in Oklahoma and i've been to Arkansas many times. If Arkansas was such a great place to live in they'd have more than 3 million people living there. People in Alaska can say the same thing. Alaska has the best fishing and hunting and beautiful mountains and some of the best seafood in America yet very few people want to live there.
The best place to live in is where you want to live not where you have to live.

Wow, that's like 6.5 million teeth !!

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

What we have today are people who are scared to death of EVs and especially self-driving cars, mostly because of the irrational feat that once these vehicles become mainstream the government will ban human-driven ICE vehicles.

And you know this, how?

[Kevin68]

Originally Posted by LATB

I understand the local sales tax added, ours is 1%. But I do not know how property tax is calculated in that example.

I think it is an aggregate number. State/local gov't collects X dollars of sales + property tax divided by Y dollars of combined income from wages/interest/distributions/capital gains. This is obviously going to vary by individual and is probably regressive.

My property taxes are maybe 3% of my income, but my sales tax burden is not the state + local rate of 7.25% of my income because not everything I buy is taxable and I don't spend all of my income.

[Aerovette]

I don't think it has anything to do with property tax. Texas has high property taxes and the county I am in is 8.25% sales tax. For the state to be only 8.6%, there can't be any property tax factored in.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Aerovette

Wow, that's like 6.5 million teeth !!

Where a dentist will starve to death. Great Britain and Arkansas.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

That's true, but then you have to live in Arkansas

True, but just think how much money you could save by not having to have anybody in your family go to the dentist ever again. That's HUGE.

[GTOguy]

Anj, I swear I didn't see your dentist post before I posted mine. Great minds....LOL.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Kevin68

I think it is an aggregate number. State/local gov't collects X dollars of sales + property tax divided by Y dollars of combined income from wages/interest/distributions/capital gains. This is obviously going to vary by individual and is probably regressive.

My property taxes are maybe 3% of my income, but my sales tax burden is not the state + local rate of 7.25% of my income because not everything I buy is taxable and I don't spend all of my income.

So then that map is crap.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Drove a whopping 6 miles. Wouldn't mind driving it a bit further and on the freeway.

Oh shit - the EV is growing on you!

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Mick

And you know this, how?

Over the last few years there have been several posts at TOP stating such.

[SurfnSun]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

I lived in Oklahoma and i've been to Arkansas many times. If Arkansas was such a great place to live in they'd have more than 3 million people living there. People in Alaska can say the same thing. Alaska has the best fishing and hunting and beautiful mountains and some of the best seafood in America yet very few people want to live there.
The best place to live in is where you want to live not where you have to live.

The cost of living in Alaska is crazy

I will say….There is Northwest Arkansas then the rest of the state. NWA is nice the rest is a dump.

I live in Florida for a reason, I just don’t look down at some of those “poor” states. 118k is baller there